Brady Tkachuk and the Panthers are winning on the ice, but the Tkachuk brothers are taking heat off it over a podcast.
The criticism landed Wednesday, one day after Florida beat Winnipeg 5-1 on the road. Brady finished that game with a goal and two assists.
The beef is about timing. The brothers taped their episode before the Sens-Panthers game and Brady's return, instead of waiting until it was over.
Ottawa fans smell something. Their theory is simple: if the result had gone the other way, the episode would have been recorded afterward.
SensCentral called the prerecording weak and asked who wants to bet the brothers would have taped it after the game if the result had been better.
Fair or not, it's a easy shot to take. Prerecording is the safe play, and fans never forgive the safe play when emotions are running high.
Brady has 15 points in 13 games this season, including 8 goals and 3 power-play goals. He's producing, which makes the podcast timing the only thing fans can grab onto.
Panthers and Senators are level in the Atlantic race
The standings add some spice. Florida is 7-4-2 with 16 points and sits third in the Atlantic, while Ottawa is 8-5-0 with the same 16 points in fourth.
The Senators lost 1-4 in Vegas on Tuesday, and Shane Pinto's power-play goal was the only thing they got. They play at Los Angeles on Thursday.
Florida has won two straight and hosts Winnipeg on Friday. Paul Maurice's group doesn't need a podcast storyline, but it has one anyway.
Think of it like a pitcher announcing his postgame comments before the first pitch. Maybe it's efficient. It also looks like you're hedging.
Brady's contract runs through 2027-2028 at an $8,208,714 cap hit, with no extension signed. Ottawa fans haven't stopped watching him, and this story shows they won't stop any time soon.
Will the brothers answer the criticism on the next episode, or just let it ride?
Were the Tkachuk brothers wrong to prerecord their podcast before the Sens-Panthers game?
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